ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey’s president has claimed to have hit a “critical gathering” of the PKK in Qandil, possibly killing senior members of the Kurdish group. “During these last operations, we hit their very critical gathering,” he said in an interview with Kanal 7 on Saturday. “We have not received the results yet, but it is certain that we have hit them.” He added there was a possibility they had hit senior PKK members, but was scant on details. Turkish airstrikes hit PKK shelters and ammunition depots on the north side of Qandil on Friday, according to the most recent statement of activity from the armed forces in their campaign against the PKK in the Kurdistan Region. The PKK issued a statement refuting Turkey’s recent claims. The armed wing of the PKK, the HPG, confirmed Turkish airstrikes in the Qandil region on Friday evening, but said “we have had no guerrilla losses in these bombardments,” in a statement published Saturday by ANF news. The HPG reported it had carried out three actions against Turkish forces in the Kurdistan Region on the same day, claiming they had killed one soldier and there were additional undetermined casualties. The PKK is a named terror organization in Turkey. Turkish forces have pushed at least 30 kilometres into the Kurdistan Region with the aim of reaching PKK headquarters in Qandil.
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